For those of you that don't know, I live over near the Ant Hill Cooperative in the Plymouth Exchange area, on the border of the 19th ward. I live within sight of 2 abandoned houses (1 is sill owned, but unused), and there are another 4 I can see just by walking around my block. Because of where I live, I also see a lot of kids & young adults out on the streets at all hours.
So, when I hear Duffy's plans to demolish backlogged buildings I was happy. Followed by his announcement to work towards a under-16 curfew (which I think is a bad stopgap, but a useful stopgap) I was kind of surprised. And getting a 311 system working ( like the recent addition of craigslist) might be enough to bring Rochester back into the category of 'city' in a lot of peoples minds.
My question ( as a relatively new Rochesterian) is how likely is this stuff to happen? And can a mayor's grand schemes actually shift the direction of the city?
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It looks like your area is scheduled for a "clean sweep" in two weeks. I'd be interested in hearing how well that goes.
Posted by Rottenchester | April 18, 2006 11:18 AM
Posted on April 18, 2006 11:18